4125233 Proposed rulemaking to provide for costs and fees to be paid to the Central Collection Unit.

 

               

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), through its Central Collection Unit (CCU) established within the OCFO’s Office of Finance and Treasury, pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 201(a) of the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2019; P.L. 109-356, D.C. Official Code § 1-204.24d(10) (2011 Supp.) of the Home Rule Act, and Section 1053 of the Delinquent Debt Recovery Act of 2012, effective September 20, 2012, (D.C. Law 19-0168; 59 DCR 8025), hereby gives notice of its intent to amend title 9 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), by adding a new chapter 38, entitled “Central Collection Unit”.. 

 

The Delinquent Debt Recovery Act of 2012 (the “Act”) authorizes the CCU to prescribe, impose, and collect fees from debtors to cover actual costs or expenses associated with the collection of delinquent debt.

 

In addition to the authority to impose and collect fees to cover actual costs or expenses associated with the collection of delinquent debt, the Act authorizes the CCU to prescribe and impose a fee to be paid by each person who tenders in payment a financial obligation owed to the District, including a tax, assessment, fee, citation, charge, a check that is subsequently dishonored or not duly paid, or any delinquent debt transferred and referred to the CCU for action.

 

The CCU hereby gives notice of its intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these regulations in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

 

Title 9 DCMR is amended by adding a new chapter  38  to read as follows:

 

                        Chapter 38     CENTRAL COLLECTION UNIT

 

 

3800                IMPOSITION OF COSTS AND FEES:

 

3800.1.            Definitions. The terms “central collection unit”, “delinquent debt”, and “person” shall have the same meaning in this chapter  as those terms are defined in the Delinquent Debt Recovery Act of 2012, effective September 20, 2012, (D.C. Law 19-0168; 59 DCR 8025).

 

3800.2             The amount of actual costs incurred that a person shall pay the central collection unit (CCU), associated with the collection of a delinquent debt, shall be determined as follows: A collection fee of twenty-six (26%) percent shall be imposed after a debt is referred to the CCU.

 

3800.3             Any person who tenders payment by check for a financial obligation owed to the District of Columbia government, including a tax assessment, fee, citation, or harge, that is subsequently dishonored or not duly paid, shall, in addition to the amount of the financial obligation owed or the amount of the delinquent debt transferred and referred to the CCU for collection, pay a fee to the CCU of $65 dollars for the dishonored or not duly paid check.

 

Comments on this proposed rulemaking should be submitted in writing to, Charles F. Barbera, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20004, or via email to [e-mail] no later than thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  Copies of this rule and related information may be obtained by writing to the person at the address stated herein.